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***CLICK THE CAPTIONS BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR SUBTITLES***The scene in the German film Downfall, where Hitler realises he is defeated in Berlin, and l...
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The Red Army is 40 kilometers from Nazi headquarters in Berlin. The dictator’s Chief of the Army General Staff Hans Krebs explains the situation. Hitler remains in control, drawing possible lines of attack on the map, believing that SS commander Felix Steiner’s Panzer divisions will repel the Soviets.
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- Director's Approval
- Production Company's Disapproval
- Resurgence of Downfall Parodies
- Bruno Ganz' Death
- Investment Bank
- Joan's Downfall
- Wrongful Copyright Claim
On January 15th, 2010, New York Magazine's entertainment blog Vulture interviewed Hirschbiegel, asking his opinion of how the scene has been used online:
Despite the film's director seeing the remixes in a positive light, the production company did not approve of their footage being used in this manner. On April 19th, 2010, TechCrunch, BoingBoing and LaughingSquid reported that Constantin Films began sending DMCA takedown notices to YouTube. On April 21st, the APreported that Martin Moszkowicz, head...
Shortly after the beginning of YouTube takedowns, Downfall parodies saw its greatest resurgence in number of uploads, possibly as a result of Streisand Effect. By mid-2010, thousands of such parodies still remained online, including many in which a self-aware Hitler, angry that people keep making or taking down Downfall parodies. During this extens...
On February 15th, 2019, Bruno Ganz died at the age of 77 at his home in Zurich, Switzerland. The following day, The New York Times published an article about the actor's death. Also on February 16th, Redditor moha94 posted a meme tribute to Ganz to /r/dankmemes,where it gathered more than 25,200 points (95% upvoted) and 530 comments within four hou...
On December 8th, 2010, Jefferies investment bank executive Grant Williams was fired after sharing a Downfall parody video in a company newsletter e-mail. The video in question, which is thought to have been uploaded on December 6th, 2010, satirizes JPMorgan's financial bet against silver in 2010 and the subsequent online grassroots campaign that wa...
On January 14th, 2012, a Scottish Labour party Member of Parliament named Tom Harris uploaded a Downfall parody to his personal YouTube channel, tomharrismp, criticizing Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond's stance on the referendum on Scottish Independence up for vote in Parliament. The video was seen as a direct comparison of Salmond to H...
In response to Constantin's attempted takedown of these satirical videos, the Institute for Internet Studies offers this helpful public service announcementexplaining how to dispute a wrongful copyright claim on the grounds of Fair Use. Fair use is a doctrine that provides protection for individuals using copyrighted material without receiving perm...
Apr 27, 2011 · EXPAND THIS DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS AND INSIGHTHere's the scene that has become so virally popular on YouTube, in all its original glory. This entire movie i...
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Usually titled Hitler rants about... or Hitler finds out..., the scene is used for Hitler being banned from somewhere, Hitler being informed about world events, etc. Its use by major Untergangers declined when the Hitler Reviews scene , among other scenes, were introduced, though upstarts and one-timers still produce them in abundance.
Dec 2, 2020 · Fest’s “Der Untergang”—translated as “ Inside Hitler’s Bunker ”—draws on material that began emerging from Soviet archives in the nineteen-nineties, and that eventually received ...
Then the western powers decided to make it a war and he went for the whole enchilada. Then Stalin was being a dick over the Balkans and Hitler decided he'd had enough of these Soviet pricks. Then the Japanese started jacking America up and Hitler decided it'd be good to buddy up with them.
